Does someone know what this rolled, asian cake is?
Every time I go to a local Chinese grocery, I get this really delicious rolled cake, but it has no name on it. It's made by the brand, Marias and is sold in Pittsburgh. It looks like any rolled cake (pumpkin roll, ect) but its ingredients are just butter, flour, sugar, coffee extract, and coconut extract (and maybe some little things I'm forgetting). The filling is, I think, just whipped butter and the cake is a very moist sponge cake.
They also sell a small wedge shaped, two layer cake that they labeled once as "Japanese Triangle Cake" and I think its made with the same recipe. Unfortunately I've been unable to find any mention of a "Japanese Triangle Cake" anywhere on the net, so I have no clue.
This cake is absolutely wonderful, but I have no clue what it is, so I can't find a recipe. Does anyone have any ideas?
Answer:
It sounds like a coffee Swiss roll to me. Both Chinese and Japanese have their flavor/version of European pastry. They somehow manage to make them just as tasty, if not better, and often lighter/fluffier (light as air), but they are still European by origin. Pumpkin roll is a version of Swiss roll - a rectangular sponge cake rolled up with filling inside.
I don't know, but here is my asian recipe link list, you could try there..
Asian Link list
http://dmoz.org/home/cooking/world_cuisi...
http://fitdv.myrecipefriends.com/?nc=189...
http://fooddownunder.com/#3
http://www.fatfreevegan.com/includes/eth...
http://asiancuisine.suite101.com/article...
http://foodgeeks.com/recipes/subcat/10,4...
http://foodgeeks.com/recipes/subcat/10,1...
http://about.com/food/rsrch.htm?cu=asian...
http://www.ivu.org/recipes/chinese/...
http://www.ivu.org/recipes/eastasia/...
http://www.wikihow.com/make-chinese-dump... (chinese dumplings)
http://asiarecipe.com/substitute.html... (substitutions in asian recipes)
http://asiarecipe.com/ (asia by country)
http://asiarecipe.com/convert.html... (measurement conversions)
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